Improvement in pruning-implements



RfBARTLY. Pruning-Implements.

No. 146,744. Patentedlan.27,l 874.

Imevinr UNITED STATES ROBERT BARTLY, OF EDGEYVOOD, ILLINOIS.

PATENT OEEIoE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRUNING-IMPLEMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,744. dated January 27, 1874; application filed November 29, 1873.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT BARTLY, of Edgewood, Effinghain county, State of lilinois, have invented certain Improvements in Prniling-Instruments, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide for an attachment to a prnning-instrument, by aid of which branches of trees may be cut ofi, by a person standing on the ground, with ease and facility without injuring the tree.

My invention consists in the shaping 'of a piece of iron or steel in such a manner that a chisel-cutter is formed at the top of the same, and a fixed concave cutter near the bottom, with a movable concave cutter pivoted to the side of the former, and operated by a rod and handle or lever. A saw is attached to one side of the implement, and held thereto by two arms, one of which is fastened to the implement itself, the other to the handle. A setscrew and threaded connecting'rod serve to give the saw the required tension.

In order to describe my invention more fully, I refer to the accompanying drawingiforming apart of this specification, representing a side view of a pruiling-instrument embodying my invention.

A is the pruning-instrument, with the cutter b at the top, a saw, 0, at the'side, and the concave cutter d at the lower part. E is a pole, to which the pruning -instrument is fastened atf. G is the movable cutter, pivoted, ath, to the pruning instrumcnt A, and also provided with a concave edge, 4 j is a hole in the end of the arm 7:, in which is pivoted the -eud of the rod L, the other end of which is pivoted in the hole m in the handle or lever N, which is pivoted, by the end 0, to the pole E at 9), thus serving as a lever for moving back and forth the movable cutter Gr.

liavingthtrs described my invention, I de- ROBERT BARTLY.

Witnesses: I

GEO. M. KIND R, A. GRANGER. 

